Boosting Your Child's Natural Creativity

Take a deep dive into what creativity is, how it manifests itself, and how to support and nurture your child's (and perhaps your own!) creativity. Written for parents and teachers, "Boosting Your Child's Natural Creativity" (formerly "Raising Creative Kids") is a guide to fostering creativity and sustaining the creative spirit in children both at home and at school. Creativity is both a capacity we are born with and a skill that we can further develop. In this fully revised and updated edition, the authors describe various theories of creativity, personality traits, programs, processes, and products that foster creativity. Filled with examples and practical suggestions, this exciting book describes parenting for creativity, teaching organizational skills, and ways to preserve and enhance one's own creativity.

Susan Daniels, Ph.D. is a professor, an author, a consultant, and an educational director of Summit Center, a psychoeducational center that specializes in the needs of gifted, creative, and twice-exceptional children. She has been a professional development specialist for over twenty years, regularly providing workshops and training on creativity, the social and emotional needs of gifted children, and visual learning and teaching. Susan is co-author of Living with Intensity. Susan is co-founder and director of Camp Summit for the Gifted where she teaches creative arts.

Dan Peters, Ph.D., is a licensed psychologist who has devoted his career to the assessment, consultation and treatment of children, adolescents, and families, specializing in learning differences, anxiety, and issues related to giftedness and twice-exceptionality. He is passionate about helping parents and teachers engage children in the classroom, at home, and in life so that they can realize their full potential. Dr. Peters is co-founder and Executive Director of the Summit Center with offices in the San Francisco Bay Area and Torrance.